Ignacio Alviso

Juan Ignacio Alviso was a Californio ranchero and soldier. He is the namesake of Alviso, a neighborhood of the city of San Jose, California.

Biography

Born in San [Miguel de Horcasitas] in what is now the Mexican state of Sonora, three-year-old Ignacio left with his parents Corporal Domingo Alviso and Maria Angela Trejo, brothers and sister in 1775 on the de Anza Expedition to San Francisco. His father died a year following their arrival. Ignacio served as a soldier in the San Francisco Company from 1805 to 1819.
He married Maria Margarita Bernal.
In 1838 he was granted Rancho Rincón de Los Esteros.
He died in 1848 leaving a large estate.
Ignacio Alviso is the uncle of José María Alviso, an early alcalde of San Jose. He is also the grandfather of Valentine Alviso, who was a member of the California State Assembly from 1881 to 1883.